Lan Lijuan found a stick from the school cafeteria, picked up her clothes, bedding, books and other things, gritted her teeth and walked on the way home.

Her hometown is Lianzhong Village, Dongqiao Commune, located in the westernmost mountainous area of ​​Huiji County.

Every time she goes home, she needs to take the cheapest train to Qianqing Town. It is about 20 kilometers from Qianqing to Dongqiao Commune. Lan Lijuan needs to walk for more than 4 hours to get home.

Let alone a 19-year-old girl, it would be too much for even a grown man to carry so many things and walk dozens of kilometers of mountain roads.

Lan Lijuan had to stop frequently to rest, and then continued to rush home.

She was luckier than Chen Qi in that the folk customs in Xiaze Village where Chen Qi lived were not that simple. The Chen family relied entirely on themselves, so they were determined to move in the end.

Lan Lijuan can continue to go to school only because of the help of her villagers and relatives.

Back then, her junior high school scores ranked first among the 10 middle schools in Qianqing District, but the pressure to enter a junior high school was too great.

Lan Lijuan's father passed away early, leaving her mother alone in the family to do farm work. There is also an old woman, a younger brother, and a younger sister to support.

Lan Lijuan's mother's name is Shi Atiao. Although Aunt Shi feels sorry for her daughter, such family conditions only allow one child to go to school at most. She always wants to give the opportunity to study to her only son.

The strong Lan Lijuan had to kneel on the ground with her report card and beg her mother to give her a chance.

Because she wants to continue going to school and change her life.

In the end, the people in the village couldn't stand it. This was the first "female number one scholar" in the village, so the East family chipped in 2 cents, and the West family gave a few eggs. In this way, the money was collected, giving Lan Lijuan a chance to get out of the mountains.

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Of course, in the end, her younger siblings had to drop out of school and had to help the family work to support the family since childhood.

This is also the guilt that Lan Lijuan has always felt in her heart, and it is also the main reason why she only wants to study hard and work quickly to repay her family.

In the evening, Lan Lijuan finally reached the entrance of the village.

Seeing that the only technical secondary school student in the village was back, the villagers came over to say hello:

"Lijuan is back?"

"Hey, uncle, I'm back."

"Hey, Lanjuan, are you on winter vacation? Look, you've grown taller again."

"Yes, fifth aunt, you can start your internship after the Chinese New Year."

Lan Lijuan just said hello and walked slowly home. She was very grateful to the villagers and always thought that one day she could repay them.

Finally, I arrived in front of my house.

Lan Lijuan's home only has a wooden building. The first floor is the kitchen and main room. Well, there is also a pig in it.

Yes, you read that right, the pigsty is under the indoor stairs, surrounded by a small area, anyway, the smell...

Apart from three simple beds and a few broken wooden boxes, there are no other valuable things upstairs. There are no electric lights in the house, only kerosene lamps.

Even in the poorest small mountain village, the Lan family is considered one of the poorest households, almost in abject poverty.

It has to be said that it is a miracle that Lan Lijuan was able to finish elementary school, junior high school and get admitted to a technical secondary school.

"Mom, I'm back."

At this time, a woman hurriedly walked out of the house and said, "My daughter is back. Oh, come in quickly. I'll freeze you."

"Mom, I'm not cold. I'm still hot after walking. Haha, is grandma okay? Is it red or flat?"

Lan Lijuan put down her burden while searching for her other family members. She had not seen them for half a year and she missed them very much.

"Sister, are you back?"

Lan Lihong ran out of the house when she heard the sound and hugged her sister, followed by their youngest brother, Lan Guoping.

"Sister, sister, did you buy anything delicious in the city?"

Lan Lijuan blushed and took out three kilograms of fruit candy from her backpack: "Here, this is candy, but you have to eat it sparingly, okay?"

"Wow, sister is so nice. With so many candies, it's great that each of us can share a lot."

Seeing that his eldest daughter had brought back so many sugar monsters, Shi Atiao said angrily: "Ajuan, please don't waste money like this in the future. These three kilograms of sugar are so expensive. We can buy a lot of salt at home."<

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"Mom, it's okay. It's the Chinese New Year. Let your brothers and sisters be happy."

In fact, Lan Lijuan did not tell the truth. She did not buy these fruit candies, but Chen Qi stuffed them into her luggage before leaving.

If Chen Qi hadn't been in a hurry to go back to Xiaze to pick up his family, it would have been entirely possible for him to send her back to his hometown in person.

After Lan Lijuan entered the house, while packing her things, she unconsciously thought of the big boy.

She found Chen Qi quite annoying when he was hanging around in front of her every day. But they were separated for a while, and she still thought about him a little bit.

Lan Lijuan assured the great leader that she did not think about it deliberately, but just thought about it from time to time.

After all, this big boy gave her, a country girl, a rare little happiness, and those "goodwill" also warmed her little self-esteem due to poverty.

"Classmate Chen Qi, I wonder what you are doing now? You should have gone back to your hometown, right?"

What is Chen Qi doing? Of course he is busy visiting the black market at this time.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and the Chen family has just moved to a new home, so they have to prepare everything.

Workers in the city can take all kinds of tickets and the whole family happily go to various department stores, supply and marketing cooperatives, and non-staple food stores to make large purchases to prepare for the New Year.

Many units have also distributed New Year's goods in advance. There is no shortage of chicken, duck, fish, melon seeds, peanuts, apples, ducks and pears, which fully reflects the superiority of socialism.

But as urban gangsters and farmer brothers, the four Chen Qi siblings have no share of any New Year’s goods, and they don’t have the receipts to make large purchases, so what should they do?

Others can't do anything, but as a black market professional, Chen Qi has a way. Can a living person be choked to death by urinating?

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the business of Fushan Black Market is also extremely busy. It used to only occupy a small area in the north, but now the west side is full of stalls.

The old rules are still the same, the market opens before dawn, and the stalls are closed before the market management workers come to work, so everyone is in peace.

Unlike in the inland areas, where the Red Sleeves surrounded them from front to back, it was really a deadly attack. Those who were caught had to be sent to labor camps, and the livelihood of the whole family became a big problem.

The cadres here in Vietnam and China are rather strange. If you look carefully and look again, you may find that they themselves are shopping on the black market early in the morning.

When working hours come, some people will cough twice, and people in the black market will know that it is time to close their stalls.
Chapter completed!